Ignace Nau was a Haiti

Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...

an poet and storyteller. Born in Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince

Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....

, Nau studied in a renowned military school in Haiti before attending the Catholic University of New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. After returning to Haiti, Nau founded a literary society named "The School of 1836" with his brother, Emile Nau

Emile Nau

Emile Nau was a Haitian historian and politician. Born in Port-au-Prince, Nau's most famous work is Histoire des Caciques d'Haïti, a history of the "Caciques", or native inhabitants, of Haiti. Nau was the co-editor of two important magazines, Le Républicain and L'Union, which were published by his...

, and the Ardouin brothers, Beaubrun

Beaubrun Ardouin

Alexis Beaubrun Ardouin was a Haitian historian and politician. He is best remembered for his eleven-volume Etudes sur l'Histoire d'Haïti , published in 1865. His Etudes have served as a valuable resource for later historians...

, Céligny

Céligny Ardouin

Charles Céligny Ardouin was a Haitian politician and historian. He served as a Delegate in 1846, Senator, and Minister of the Interior in 1847. In 1847 he also served on the Council of Secretaries of State...

, and Coriolan

Coriolan Ardouin

Coriolan Ardouin was a Haitian romantic poet. Ardouin left only one work before his early death: a compilation of poems entitled Reliques d'un Poète Haïtien , published posthumously in 1837....

. Ignace Nau published the literary magazine Le Républicain, which was censored by the Haitian government and was later renamed L'Union

L'Union

L'Union is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.It is a suburb of Toulouse, located just to the north east of the city.-History:L'Union was founded in the 1790s after the fusion of Belbèze and Cornaudric...

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Selected works

• Le Livre de Marie (poem)
• Pensées du Soir (poem)
• Le Lambi (story)
• Episode de la Révolution (story)
• Isalina (story)